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And a queue of eager fans stretched along the front of the Pirelli Stadium, in Princess Way, Burton, up to the ticket counter as they scrambled to secure their place at the club's first ever semi-final appearance in the old league competition.

Sky Bet League One side Burton Albion, are the only club left in the competition outside of the top flight Premier League.

The other sides still left in the cup are current third place Premier League side Tottenham Hotspur and former Champions League winners, Chelsea.

Andy Barker was first in the queue for tickets to see the Brewers' cup clash with Man City (Image: Burton Mail)

At the Pirelli, first in line for tickets was Andy Barker, a 64-year-old from Burton.

Andy will be heading to both fixtures, and will be going to Manchester alongside two friends, who he queued up to buy tickets for.

He said: "It's on a par with Manchester United back in 2006. I think they were one of the best clubs at the time, so this is just the other Manchester club.

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He said: "I'm looking forward to it. Obviously it's a big day in the club's history. It's good publicity and good for the club's name which obviously will hopefully attract money into the club through sponsorship and TV money.

"No publicity is bad publicity, it's just a matter of if they can put in a good performance.

"Anything can happen in football, Manchester City aren't playing that well at the moment and again it depends on what side they put out.

Rich Seagrave, with Hugo and Lucy (Image: Burton Mail)

"I just hope there's something to play for in the second game."

Tom Jarvis, 23, has been to every Carabao Cup game so far this season.

He said: "I'm feeling really good. I don't really know but after recent games, you never know.